crinkum-crankum

短语

n. 多曲折的东西, 盘曲有趣之饰物

词形变化

crinkum-crankums 复数 crinkum-crankums

别名

crinkum crankum crincum-crancum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something elaborately convoluted or tricky.

词源

From crinkle and crankle, or a Low Latin crincum. See 1750 reference and explanation in 1810 citation.

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